Posted by dj on February 19, 2000, at 1:25:39
In reply to Potatoes Not Prozac, posted by ruth on February 18, 2000, at 10:17:28
As I've noted above making improvements in my nutrition along with other changes and lots of body work as well as working through issues, using a variety of mainstream and non-approaches has helped me move away from ADs. And boiling ginger for tea was very good for moving through the flu-like symptoms that make coming off ADs as painful as going on and being on them, in different ways.
My naturopath, who is involved in ongoing studies on alternative approaches to healing in conjunction with the Tzu Chi Centre for Alternative Medicine at the former (they now call themselves some more PRish name) Vancouver General Hospital -- I believe both have websites -- first discussed diet issues with me and brought my attention to the diabetic diets which are much of the basis for the foci of the PNP book, which I've read.
PNP is kinda light reading (Wurtzman is a contributor or co-author I believe or at least heavily quoted) but I believe the concept of moving toward complex carbos. which raise your blood sugar more gradually is sound. I think it's called a high glycemic diet and you can find lots of info. on appropriate food types on-line. For instance excessively ripe bannana will give you more of a sugar rush than those that are not. Same with darker textures of rice and wheats vs instant ones, etc...
Dr. Andrew Weil's website is a good source of info. on the glycimic diet issue and his book "8 Weeks to Optimum Health" has some good takes on proper nutrition.
> Has anyone out there read the book "Potatoes, Not Prozac"?
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> Has anyone else read it? What do they think?
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